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THE TRANSFORMING LIBERATING POWER OF JOY

Nehemiah 8:10: “Do not be sad, for the joy of Yahuweh is your strength.”

Psalm 5:11-12: “But let all who take refuge in You rejoice! Let them ever shout for joy because You shelter them! And let those who love Your Name exult in You, for you bless the righteous, O Yahuweh. You surround him with favor as with a shield.”

Psalm 16:11: “You show me the path of life. In Your Presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

Galatians 5:22-23: “But, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self control...”

Joy is one of the most powerful attributes in the nature of Yahuweh. He shares His joy with us that we might be filled with His might!

His joy, flowing through us, has the power to deliver us from anything the dark kingdom can try to inflict! It has the power to transform our nature so that it aligns to His--so that we think like Him, feel like Him, talk like Him, and act like Him. He desires your fellowship! He wants to impart His wisdom and understanding to us. He wants to reveal His thoughts to us!

At the true new birth the attributes of His nature come to reside in our spirit. There are 40 things that His Spirit does when we repent of sin, place our faith in Yahushua’s death and resurrection, and commit our lives to follow Him. We literally become a “new creation.” (II Corinthians 5:17-21)

This new creation hungers and thirsts for His Presence, His righteousness, and His Kingdom. The new creation feels at home in His realm. The things of this earth become dull and uninteresting. The food of the re-born spirit is His Word, taught by Him. Obedience keeps us in right-standing with Him!

From our re-creation, we desire to die to “self” and submit to His discipline and teaching. We become “disciples,” – “taught ones.” Repentance is required for the true new birth. The one calling on the Savior for salvation realizes that their “self” (flesh-life) has caused the fruit of sin against Him, so they also understand that in following Him, “self” has to die.

As we submit to His Word, His will, and the working of His Spirit within us, we slowly but surely start to think like Him, talk like Him, and act like Him. Isn’t this what happens in the natural world when we love, honor, and respect someone so much that we submit ourselves to them--we become like them? [Refer to: “The True New Birth”/July 30, 2009]

Joy is one of the main fruits (or manifestations) of one who is truly born of the Spirit! This fruit begins to manifest more and more as “self” dies, and we come alive in His Presence daily.

In reviewing this article, my son, Derek, made this comment:

“The simplicity of childlike joy, of resting in Him, is lost when the only contentment one has is to their own unrest - a result of self reliance and a forsaking of the good ways…”

Jeremiah 6:16: “

Truly most “believers,” like the world’s people, live in unrest, turbulence, stress--lack of peace and joy--thus they lose His strength and clarity of reality. Matthew 18:1-3: Unless we become as little children, we shall not see the Kingdom of Elohim! – Sweetly childlike (not childish) in our love, trust, and dependency on our wonderful Abba (“Daddy”). Oh the peace!

His joy in us is a transforming power that flows from the “might” of Yahuweh! As it flows from our re-born spirit, it creates a powerful buffer zone between the negative world ruled by the kingdom of darkness--with its emotions, fear, lusts, and sin--and the portal opening in our re-born spirit into the eternal realm of Yahuweh. Joy, working in us, makes us strong in mind and will, so that the enemy cannot steal our strength.

Yahuweh has called us to live in the eternal realm--in His Presence. As our spirit abides in Him, joy becomes a continual “wall of fire” between you and the hoards of darkness that constantly march against you to destroy you!

Joy manifests outwardly as “rejoicing”, praise, worship, gladness, and bold faith. It is His energy flowing through us that causes us to conquer the enemies in our life. Abiding is required. (Psalm 91:1; John 15:7)

Rejoicing is the outbreak of joy! “Rejoice in Yahuweh always, again I say rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4)

In Fox’s Book of Martyrs, we read about true believers who were burned to death at the stake. But, recorded reports by eye witnesses told that sometimes they would hear singing coming from those going up in flames.

In II Chronicles 20, we read the exciting story of how three mighty people groups amassed their armies against King Jehoshaphat of Judah. Judah was greatly outnumbered. Jehoshaphat prayed. Then a Prophet of Yahuweh told them how to obtain victory. Jehoshaphat then encouraged his army. Though small in number, they had faith as bold as a lion. They obeyed Yahuweh’s instructions. They marched against the oncoming army singing, shouting, and praising Yahuweh with the joy of Yahuweh in their spirits. The enemy got so confused that they actually killed each other – all were dead.

The enemies of the dark kingdom cannot bear to hear Yahuweh’s joy flowing out though us with bold faith, love, and peace! They will try anything to stop the flowing of joy from the spirit of one filled with the Spirit of Yahuweh!

Proverbs 28:1: “The wicked flee when no man pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” Joy, His might, is a reward of righteousness!

Ephesians 6:10-14: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in Yahuweh, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of Elohim that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Therefore, take unto the whole armor of Elohim that you may be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all to stand, stand…”

Please note: Your enemy is not a human being, not even a demon-controlled human being. If the portal of your re-born spirit remains open to the eternal realm of Yahuweh, there is no demon, not even Satan himself, who can stand against your “weapons that are not carnal.”

Joy comes to its fullness in us if we remain in His Presence. Joy becomes His mighty power hidden within us. Like love and faith, joy is an active force that proceeds out from the very being of Yahuweh Himself into, and through, our re-born spirit.

Let’s look at word meanings:

Nehemiah 8:10: “…the joy of Yahuweh is your strength.”

From Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible #4581 Hebrew dictionary: “Strength” (maw-ooz) means “a fortified place, defense, force, fortress, rock, strength, a stronghold.”

Psalm 16:11: “Joy” – Hebrew dictionary #7440, 7441: “proclamation of triumph; a shout of victory.” From #7438: “rone” -- “a shout, or song of deliverance.”

Psalm 5:11: “Joy” Hebrew dictionary # 8643: “ter-oo-aw”, from 7321 “an acclamation, battle cry, blowing of trumpets, alarm, jubilee, rejoicing, shouting victory.” From 7321: “roo-ah” – to shout an alarm, or joy

***Joy makes it Yom Teruah every day!!!

#7442 – “raw-nan”- “shout for joy in triumph” – The shout of joy in triumphal singing.

“Joy” Greek #5479 – calm delight, cheerfulness, rejoicing, singing

Just like the army of King Jehoshaphat, as you go forth singing His praises, the enemy gets confused and turns on itself! HalleluYah!

Ephesians 6:10: “might” -- #2479 Greek dictionary – a force of power, strength “is-khoos” – to prevail in strength, to exercise force

“Might,” Hebrew: #1369 (Jeremiah 10:6; Isaiah 11:2) “gheb-oo-reh”

#1369: “valor, victory, mastery, might, power, strength”

From 1368 “gibbor” meaning “powerful, warrior, valiant, champion, strong”

As with Jehoshaphat, joy is His mighty power within us that defeats our enemies without, but which also defeats our enemies within us.

It has often been said, but it is true: We are our greatest enemy!

By ignoring or rebelling against the equipping that Yahuweh has given to us in order to stand free in this life in His blessings, most of His people defeat themselves!

I am no psychiatrist. That word comes from the Greek “psyche,” which refers to our carnal mind, our reasoning, which brings negative tormenting emotions. Abba allowed me to reap the rewards of my sinning, and because of this education I give you “rubber on the road” wisdom.

Here is a little of my testimony: After living with death-threatening torture and torment for about 30 years, controlled by outside input from the dark kingdom, when He finally stepped in to deliver me by a sovereign act of His will, He gave me a dream.

In the dream, I was in a shallow basement that was lighted by fluorescent lights. It was totally empty. The walls were painted white. As I stood by the stairs leading out of the basement, I tightly grabbed my right hand with my left hand and went running up and down the long hallway screaming “the hand of God is upon me.” Finally, I stopped by the steps again. With puzzled expression, I looked down and saw that my left hand was grabbing my right hand. He spoke to me: “It’s always been your own hand!” I woke up.

After twelve years of bitterly hating a God I thought had failed me, in bitterness and passionate anger, spewing negative emotions, going through three nervous breakdowns, hurting my children, hatefully blaming others for my hurts, I woke up that morning knowing that it had always been my own decisions to condone things that brought destruction upon me.

It was my hand that started it all, and His hand that ended it! That’s mercy!!! I realized that my loving Abba had held the door to my freedom open to me all those years. But, out of insecurity, fear, self-hatred, and being dehumanized, I submitted myself, and my children, to evil, rather than taking His simple way of escape. A tormented mind just doesn’t see the way of escape as “simple.” So, I shut the doors of my mind to His ways of escape. It was not until He sovereignly moved in and began my deliverance, that my mind cleared up and I had the strength to overcome. The first gift He gave me was joy!

Immediately after the dream, I repented of my sin, and especially of my hate – accusing Him for my problems. I apologized over and over to Him for thinking wrong about Him. He quickly restored me to mental, emotional, and spiritual health. He set me free from me! He had to literally build up my spiritual strength and arrange a scenario that He knew would free me by my own decision. In early 1996, I went out through the cage door--never to return! I was free to begin my years of His teaching me!

Then He began pumping wisdom into me, as He explained the results of my decisions. I learned the power of His joy. I had to be free mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, uncapping the portal to His eternal realm, before I could make any decision to move forward into His freedom!

For some time, even after I got my physical freedom, I found myself talking to others about the hurts I had sustained from childhood to the present. I told the same stories over and over of my hurts, to whoever would listen, but not with gruesome details--thank goodness! Finally, I got so sick of hearing myself spewing out my bitterness and hurt, that one day I stopped myself and said out loud: “SHUT UP LADY! YOU’RE BORING!” I shut up!

No, I am no psychiatrist or psychologist. But, I have counseled many people for many years, first and foremost from the foundation of His Word, from His nature, ways and thinking, but also from wisdom He gave from my own life. I live what I write in my articles and what I teach. He makes sure I do!

Here I will give you some of the wisdom He taught me.

I was an emotional basket case. But, when I discovered the secret I have been writing to you about in many articles, my mind and emotions became like His. Therefore, it is natural for me to walk in peace, joy, faith…etcetera. It is not me doing that by some discipline I did. I give 100% credit to the working of the Spirit within me. All I had to do was cooperate. My constant prayer was for Him to surface all that was in me that offended Him, so that I could repent, and He could remove it. This process is slow, but it transforms us. Once free of bondage to the “flesh,” to “self,” we are free to be victorious! That doesn’t mean that we don’t have daily problems – that’s life in the kingdom of darkness that rules this world system – but we live above the problems!

There is huge difference between the emotions of the soul (mind, negative emotions, flesh-centered, sin-prone, earth-bound self), which are rooted in “self,” (selfishness, self-centeredness) and the powerful emotions of Yahuweh that can flow into and through our re-born spirit! If you allow His emotions to flow through you long enough, you will begin to have His nature, think like Him, speak like Him, and act like Him. Yes--this is the ultimate in freedom!

We do not have to “work up” His emotions. The Charismatic church is guilty of working up people’s emotions by using external stimulation. This manipulation of emotions may produce false joy that feels good, but it won’t sustain a person in times of trouble. If your emotions are not rooted in Yahuweh’s Spirit flowing through you, the enemy can use your fleshly emotions to deceive you, and ultimately bring you into His grasp!

To win battles without, we can’t allow any battles to rage within!

Hebrews 12:14-15 KJV: “Following peace with all men, and set-apartness, without which no man shall see Elohim. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of Elohim--lest any root of bitterness spring up to trouble you, and therefore many are defiled.”

I know for sure how bitterness can destroy us from within, but also harm those around us. When we keep bitterness locked up inside, we lose the Presence of Yahuweh! When we lose His Presence, we become open portals for the entrance of Satan and his demonic spirits to invade our mind, emotions, body, and will--tearing our lives apart! Instead of trimming the branches, allow Him free reign to put the ax to the root of your tree, and destroy your torment at the roots. (Matthew 3:10-12)

Outbursts of negative emotions don’t just happen. Without us consciously understanding what is happening to us, they silently take root in our stored memories of past emotional trauma, deep hurts, inner pain, and suffering, that we cannot control. In order to survive emotional and mental trauma, the mind stuffs the wounds down inside the subconscious mind, hoping they will go away. But, they do not away. When something triggers them, they gush forth from their defiled roots, by-passing the control of the reasoning mind. Negative emotions so often gush out because of hidden self-hatred, hidden bitterness, hidden hate, or anger. This often surprises us. We feel guilty. We wonder “where did that come from?”

As we bask in His Presence, He allows us to see ourselves as He Father sees us. He knows the end from the beginning. Thus He sees our end, and works with us in mercy to bring us to our desired goal. As we allow ourselves to receive His love we can rejoice, and all self-hatred just vanishes! I understand all this because I’ve lived through all this processing. So, I can have compassion on others, and help them to be free!

Bible teacher Jerry Savelle once wrote a book entitled If Satan Can’t Steal Your Joy He Can’t Steal Your Goods. The principle is Scripture-sound.

The powerful strength of the joy of Yahuweh within us goes against the grain of this negative world of darkness, with His power, love, unstoppable faith, causing us to sit in His Presence in heavenly places.

At the “true new birth” you were delivered from the power of darkness, and “translated into the Kingdom of His dear Son.” (Colossians 1:13) You were lifted up above this world system, which is presently ruled by the “god of this world”--Satan. (Colossians 3:1-4; Ephesians 2:1-7) Yahuweh is the “lifter of our head” (Psalm 3:3)

Placing yourself under man-made religion dulls the joy of your salvation-- putting you under the control of human leaders--so that finally you think and act like all the other people in the religion’s control-box. You lock out the teaching, leading, convicting, empowering work of the Spirit. You lock out the freedom of living in His Presence, to live under a cloud of human control.

In most churches, the fruit of joy has been reduced to a shallow fun-feeling, a happy feel-good feeling, which depends on circumstances—a type of spiritual giddiness with shallow niceness. His joy has been reduced to carnal jumping and jiving to the beat of a trivial chorus during “worship,” which is supposedly praising “God.” But, carnality can never enter His Presence. Beware! This type of superficial expression clearly demonstrates how far man has fallen from really knowing Him as He is. Emotional fluff is not His joy! Yes, we can dance and sing and twirl around in His Presence. But, His joy flows from within our spirit, and needs no loud instruments to stir up our carnal emotions!

I do not remember when I was last “happy.” It is blurred into my distant past. But, the fruit of His Spirit within me are my constant companions.

His joy is His power and might within us to go forward without fear--in peaceful boldness, resting in Him as we feel His strength within our spirit. His joy is part of His nature. When we have an intimate relationship with our Abba, our emotions are rooted solidly in who He is, and in His Word!

I John 3:1-3: “Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called `the sons of Elohim.’ Therefore, the world knows us not, for it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of Elohim, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. But, we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall know Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure.”

Scripture clearly tells us that the “carnal” soul (reasoning mind, emotions, fleshly desires, sin-prone nature, will) is our life force on earth that operates through our five senses. It functions by using the brain and natural body to work through. Its powerful will makes decisions according to what the mind reasons and the flesh feels. Yes, we must have a sound mind, filled with the wisdom of His Word, to make correct decisions.

I Timothy 1:7: “For Elohim has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and sound mind.” “Sound mind” refers to a mind that is under His control. Our mind is always in flux. Our emotions are always in flux. The only way to stabilize the mind and the emotions is to allow His Spirit free reign. That means daily dying to “self” will. It sure keeps us in prayer – communication with the Throne.

But, please know: There is no portal in our mind that reaches into His eternal realm. The only portal within us that reaches into His realm is the re-born spirit within us. That is why He has to bring our spirit up to His standards, so that He can enter into us as His temple!

I Corinthians 6:19: “What! Do you not know that your body is the dwelling place of the set-apart Spirit who is in you, which you have from Elohim, and you are not your own?” Once He enters, you must relinquish self-will – else He will leave you! He won’t wrestle with you for control!!!

The portal to His realm is in our spirit, which is located in the digestive and reproductive area of our body--the area where a woman carries a baby. The Word sometimes refers to it as kidneys and bowels.

Your “spirit-man” is comprised of your soul and spirit. It has substance and form. It looks just like you. It goes into eternity as a whole “spirit-body.” At the resurrection of the righteous, the body in the grave will be transformed and reunited with the “spirit man,” because we are an eternal being (I Corinthians 15:40-50) – spirit, soul, body.

I Thessalonians 5:23: “And the Elohim of peace Himself set you completely apart, and your entire spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Master Yahushua Messiah.”

Immediately after the new birth, which takes place only in the spirit, the war within the spirit-man begins--between the carnal mind of the soul and the mind of Messiah in the re-born spirit. Like the Dragon awaited the birth of the “man-child” in Revelation 12 to destroy Him, so he comes at your new-birth in an attempt to take over your mind, and begin the war. Your will decides who will win the war!

Often the soul/mind/emotions align against the spirit from pure rebellion. This opens portals for demonic infiltration. The spirit aligns to Yahuweh always. In this war, there is no cease-fire! It is a standoff to the finish! The dark kingdom does not want to lose you, so it sends its agents to deceive, lie, and torment you. (Romans 7)

If, after the true new birth, you allow Messiah to baptize you into Yahuweh’s Spirit--to fill you with His Spirit--you will be purified by the “fire of the Spirit,” which will burn away your desire to sin. (Luke 3:16)

The entrance of the Spirit within you gives boosted power to the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-24). He brings gifts within you that aid in your battle against the enemy--which imparts power to you to overcome all the ability of the enemy against your mind. (Luke 10:19)

I tell you with all love and compassion: You will not survive the days to come without this infused power of His Spirit into your spirit! Your intellect will fail you! You will be overcome. Fear will rule, and faith will be gone. There are 40 different ways that the Spirit speaks to His people, yet, hardly any of His children are hearing from Him. Why? It is not His fault! He is speaking, but few have any time to listen! [Refer to: “Too Busy to Hear”/June 2005, and “Forty Ways Elohim Speaks to His People”/2008]

Unless you daily are flowing in His perfect timing, you will be confused. Unless you are daily preparing under His direction, doing your research, and moving at His will, you will not hear His voice to get His directions and guidance. You will be on your own. He won’t be able to help you! You will have gagged Him. So take your choice--submission to the Spirit of Yahuweh and making Him your priority by daily dying to “self,” or keep submitting to your chosen lifestyle and human reasoning!

There is a “will” in the mind of the spirit, and a “will” in the mind of the soul. These are always in conflict unless the mind of the soul (the carnal mind) submits to the mind of the spirit. These two must align in order for the war within you to cease! Joy is a powerful force that helps align the soul with the spirit! (II Corinthians 3:17-18)

I have made it a routine to daily listen to powerful worship music that is anointed by His Spirit. He has led me to music that ministers to my spirit. The songs also lodge in my mind. I sing them loudly during the day, and when I awake during the night. This way, the mind is focused on what is on His mind! Memorizing key Scriptures, especially bold statements in the Psalms, which direct our thoughts to praising and loving Yahuweh, go a long way to changing us into His likeness. The Spirit rides on His own Word!

As Yahuweh’s Spirit is released within us to transform our soul, we must cooperate with His working. Stay in the Word! Proclaim His Word! Proclaim the victory in the Psalms! Speak out loud to the forces of darkness that you do not want them in your life! Speak loudly to Yahuweh, in praise, worship, and submission to His authority over you! Speak to the demonic forces to get away from you in the Name of Yahuweh, and to stay away! Boldly tell them: “I do not want you! I only serve Yahuweh and Yahushua Messiah!” Then speak your praises of your precious Elohim!

[Refer to: “Scriptural Spiritual Warfare”--Part I, Part II, and Part III/2010]

If we do not die to “self,” whose seat of power is in the soul, then the soul can stop the advancement of the spirit, and even cut us off from His Presence. It’s up to you what you allow!

The power of joy banishes the darkness of depression, doubt, fear, loneliness, emptiness, and despair, and allows us to see from His perspective what He sees for us.

Joy is a mighty weapon of warfare--one of the most powerful of all. Yet, hardly anyone has tapped into its potential against the kingdom of darkness. In fact, few have tapped into the potential of any of His “weapons of warfare that are not carnal.” (II Corinthians 10:3-6) Thus, the kingdom of darkness has free reign in the lives of most of His people.

Joy that is free to flow from deep in the spirit like a river of living water, even in the face of terrible circumstances, will keep you buffered even when the enemy is attacking severely. Joy puts up an impenetrable wall against the enemy!

Often joy flows out with weeping. However, the weeping is not from sadness, but from joy that is washing away sadness, grief, hurt, or depression. With boldness, joy surfaces in order to dispel the onslaught of darkness. It is a force of His Light.

Joy, as with all the fruit of the re-born spirit, works in harmony with the shield of faith, the sword of the Spirit (the Word of Elohim), the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, and the helmet of expectation of deliverance. (Ephesians 6:10-18; Galatians 5:22-24).

Holding all together is active faith--an action word--that keeps pressing us forward with boldness. Refer to: “Forward March”/February 20, 2010]

Faith is a powerful weapon against the doubt, confusion, and despair that causes outbursts of negative emotions. The roots of faith go deep into our personal relationship with our known and trusted Elohim.

There can be no real faith, love, joy, peace, endurance, overcoming, etc., unless there is a deep personal relationship with Yahuweh and Yahushua that is unshakable!

Romans 8:3-8: “For the Torah, being powerless in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim, having His own Son in the likeness of flesh…condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the dictates of the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those that live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit--for the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. The mind of the flesh is at enmity with Elohim, for it does not subject itself to the Torah of Elohim, neither indeed is able, so those who are in the flesh are unable to please Elohim.”

A flesh-oriented, self-centered person can guard the Torah outwardly, but that does not impress Elohim. To please Elohim, the guarding of the Torah must be done from a set-apart, pure of heart spirit, which submits to guarding it from a heart of love for Him. Guarding the rules for righteousness in His Kingdom never could change our nature. Through animal sacrifice, people could have their sins covered. But, through Messiah’s death and resurrection, we can have our sins removed.

His righteous Torah was never designed to, or able to, produce love and devotion Him from our heart. Only by the transformation of the new birth by faith can we then truly guard His Torah cleansed of sin by the blood of the Lamb, and please Him!

We might be astute guarders of the laws of our country, and that’s very good. We should be lawful. The Torah contains the instructions of Yahuweh for righteous living in His Kingdom. As a citizen of that Kingdom, to be an astute guarder of His Torah is supremely good! But, His rules for righteous conduct in His Kingdom, like laws of our natural country on earth, never carried the power to transform our mind, emotions, spirit, or will, so that we passionately love Him and desire to be like Him. That has to come from a transformation from within by His Spirit.

Many in the “Old Testament,” guarded Torah, but their own personal lives were rebellious. Their sin was great against Him. They had no heart to love Him. Rules of conduct cannot control a person’s love, peace, joy, faith, compassion, gentleness, patience, self-control, and kindness. Only by knowing the King can we serve Him and obey Him with love, joy, etc.

The carnal nature can be deeply wounded when “self” feels violated. In self-defense, it often erupts like a volcano, spewing out bitterness, anger, hurt, jealousy, revenge, and self-pity.

Proverbs18:14b: “Who can bear a wounded spirit?”

When a person is shamed and dehumanized the wounds go very deep.

When something triggers the memory of trauma, the mind and emotions often react before a person knows what is happening to them. Oftentimes, children who have been abused keep their traumatic emotions hidden because of fear. But, later in life, they surface and the torment comes out. Their venting of bitter emotions is often justified. But, hearing themselves spewing out in torment must lead them to seek freedom.

Relegating such demonstrations of torment to “that’s just me,” is self-deception. I’ve met quite a few who like their loud emotional “power,” for it scares others into submission to their control. They do not want to lose their “power.” This is a “jezebel” spirit, it is also witchcraft. What they may not know, but most do know, is that by their willingness to keep the “power” of negative emotions in order to control others, they also have invited demons to ride on that power and control them!

In abused children, the root of their pain goes very deep, because the wounds were inflicted when they were totally innocent. Because demonic spirits ride on shame, guilt, anger, etc., most grow up being used to these “spirits.” So often their identity is united with these spirits, so they do not want to give them up. I’ve counseled quite a few like this.

When the mind and spirit of a born-again person is wounded, they often close the portal of their spirit to Yahuweh. Then the torment of their mind proceeds to destroy them, and those dearest to them. Most people hide their real feelings inside. But when triggered they fly out, wounding those they love.

The bi-polar condition, along with eating disorders like anorexia, and the cutting of oneself, is becoming more and more common. Doctors prescribe medicine. But, the story in Mark 5:1-20 relates the only way for a person to be free. Look at the condition of this man and what he did to himself. Only a few anymore realize that these conditions, though a few may stem from physical abnormalities, or vaccines, are from “demonization” (control of the mind and emotions by demons), or demon possession.

Besides the intense, almost daily demonic activity I lived in for nearly 30 years, I got quite an education in my seven years in Africa about different types of demonic activity. I can spot it quickly.

Sometimes those who verbalize and act out negative emotions are victims themselves of forces beyond their control. They hate what they do. We must first hate sin before we can be free of it! But once we hate sin, and the result of sin, more than we love “self,” we are on the road to freedom. Now, in our sophisticated society, “sin” is a dirty word. It is now called “issues.” The word “sin” is no longer tolerated in most churches-- “issues” is tolerated.

Yet, for whatever reason a person spews harsh negative emotions, their emotions are used by the enemy like terrorists against the recipient of their onslaught. When the ear and the body of a recipient receives the onslaught of this type of terrorism, the demonic spirits that ride on these emotions actually enter into the recipient, and, like a curse, they can cause illness, emotional breakdown, or even drive a person to commit suicide.

Words can be murderous weapons! For they carry the destruction of the dark world. They carry the power of Satan himself. They work like snake venom--first destroying the person from the inside--then all in their path. Yes, they definitely release curses--both on the one spewing the rage, and the one receiving it. They are often accompanied by cursing – usually cursing “God.” Filthy words also carry demonic activity and curse others.

In the extreme, negative emotions often take over the will of a person, causing physical reactions--from destroying property to acts of hideous sadistic cruelty--torturing, beating, or even killing others.

Proven fact: Give a cat 1 Tbs. of saliva from the mouth of a person in a screaming violent rage of anger and it will kill the cat.

Then there are those who have jezebel spirits controlling them. I have counseled several women who were so controlled by jezebel spirits that they admittedly did not want to be delivered--the spirits gave them power to control others, and a bizarre type of security and self-defense. They like the way they are. They were not possessed; they still had their will. Jezebel spirits are associated with other spirits, even the anaconda/python of Apollo/Apollyon, which is just under Satan himself.

Remember the woman in Acts 16:16-19--the “pythoness?” She was a “Sibyl,” from the temple of Apollo. The “jezebel spirit” is associated with the great whore of Babylon – Revelation 17. She knows no shame, nor desires to repent. As with Satan, her only law is: “Do as thou wilt.” He tells the righteous judges of the Torah: “You shall not allow a witch to live.” (Exodus 22:18) Jeremiah 3:3, speaking to those in Jerusalem: “You have a whore’s forehead; you refuse to be ashamed.”

Excerpts from Galatians 5:16-17, 19-21: “Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these are opposed to one another...the works of the flesh are well known, adultery, fornication, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, quarreling spirit, jealousy, angry fits of rage, strife, selfish ambitions, dissentions, factions, envy, murder, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like—of which I warn you…that they who practice these things shall not inherit the kingdom of Elohim.” Sha’ul goes on to give the beautiful, life-giving, “fruit of the Spirit,” in verses 22-24

Galatians 5:22-23: “But, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control. And those who are of Messiah HAVE crucified the flesh with its passions and its desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

To those who are “demonized,” (controlled by demons) with jezebel spirits of control and manipulation, witchcraft--both women and men--who like the way they are and want to stay that way, Yahuweh has gives this warning: Remember Jezebel’s end! She was eaten by her own dogs. She had no eternal life, and neither will her “daughters.”

II Thessalonians 2:3: “…the man of lawlessness is to be revealed--the son of destruction.” The Greek word for “destruction” is “apolia,” from the name of the coming son of Lucifer to rule earth--Apollyon (Revelation 9:4, 11; 11:7, 13, 17:8--the king of the pit!) Negative emotions are aligned to the nature of Apollyon! They bring destruction, to the person “venting,” and to the one hearing it. The words are pregnant with demonic hate, carried by emotions that are tormenting.

But, Yahuweh and Messiah Yahushua have NO negative emotions! Bitter negative emotions originate from deep in the “flesh,” and are destructive.

All of Yahuweh’s emotions positively bring good. He tells us “The fear of Yahuweh is to hate evil.” (Proverbs 8:13) In Hebrew context, to “hate” is not to submit yourself to something or someone. Hating evil brings life to us.

In Luke 14:26, Messiah says: “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and his own life too, he is unable to be My disciple.”

Here we see the same principle – to “hate” is to not submit to something or someone who tries to keep you from absolute obedience and loyalty to the Master Yahushua. We must hate defilement; we must fear Yahuweh; we must be angry at sin and hate it. We must align to Their emotions, because they all lead to a purely wonderful LIFE!

All the emotions of Yahuweh and Yahushua have positive effects for those who righteously align to Them!

There is grief that has a destroying effect, and there is grief that comes from our “fellowship with His sufferings” that does not have a negative effect. It joins us to His heart. We weep with those that weep. If someone has lost a loved one, we weep with them to give them comfort, not to help them wallow in self-pity. Self-pity is a negative emotion that is rooted in “self.”

But, Yahuweh’s emotions always bring deliverance, protection, and love, to His children. His emotions are always under His control!

In the evil days ahead, if you do not know how to tap into His emotions, His nature, ways, and thinking, allowing Him to have total control over you, then negative emotions will consume you. In America, and in many nations worldwide, there is a purposed Illuminati mind-controlling campaign to turn people against each other, to create chaos -- whether because of religious differences, racial differences, government action, great injustice, or persecution. People are being incited to rage purposely. Civil wars are being brewed. As people see their country being turned into a police state, dictatorship, with rights being taken away from good citizens, it will inspire great anger, hate, bitterness, and a desire for revenge. The good ol’ boys with “kill” in their blood will be killed quickly. No human initiative will stop the coming onslaught of evil. Those hidden in Yahuweh will either die in peace or live to overcome and endure to the end. Completely submitting your life to Him is your only hope of protection!

The source of the joy which emanates from our re-born spirit is from Yahuweh! We can’t muster it up! We can’t muster up any of the fruit of His nature! If you allow Him, His life will move through your spirit to transform your mind and emotions, which releases His power to help you, and for you to help others around you.

Joy is the very might and power of Yahuweh within us! As we submit to allowing Him to transform us, His joy begins to work. His peace, His faith, kindness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, and the power of His love, go to work, not only to destroy the enemies within, but to transform us into a new creation like our Abba.

All our emotions that we place under His care can be used to bless us and help others. Even grief over the wounds of others can cause us to go to prayer, and to act to help others. Anger at injustice can drive us to prayer and to wise action that will bring comfort, justice, and righteousness.

Because humans are sin-prone, rebellion-prone, and self destruction-prone, their emotions gravitate to either negative emotions or giddy emotions--excited happiness (which is dependent on circumstances), silliness, “foolish jesting,” or a party-spirit that causes the conscious to by-pass restraints of basic human morality. A “light spirit” is enhanced by mind-altering drugs or too much alcohol. Unrestrained emotions often lead one to indulge in the “lusts of the flesh”--Galatians 5:19-21.

Under the influence of drugs or alcohol--personality-altering substances--a person’s sin nature is loosed to the control of the demonic realm. Both giddiness and negative emotions--two extremes--draw demonic spirits like a magnet.

Fear is a negative emotion, actually a type of negative faith, which draws demonic activity like a magnet. It is opposite of the life-giving faith in Yahushua.

Demons are the spirits of dead Nephillim who seek a body to inhabit in order to do their evil on earth. They feed on negative spirits like hawks feed on “road kill.” They also feed on uncontrolled giddy emotions, like those of silly-spirited teenagers, and those under the influence of mind-altering substances. They swam onto a person to manipulate their mind and emotions. People who have been involved in Satanism are temples for demonic spirits. It is a fact: Many witches and warlocks, and worshippers of Lucifer and/or Satan, are sitting in the pews of most churches. The spirit of jezebel is heavy within churches and Messianic congregations. They appear to be righteous, but oh how we must have the “discernment of spirits” operating daily in our lives!

WHAT’S THE ANSWER? WHAT WILL BRING DELIVERANCE?

TOP OF THE LIST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BEFORE YAHUWEH CAN BE RELEASED TO HELP US: Repent of your own sin! Take personal responsibility for what part you played in opening portals for the enemy into your life. Stop blaming others! Don’t allow yourself to wallow in self pity or in false guilt either. Repent--not only to get His forgiveness, but to open the door for you to walk away from your sin! Take personal responsibility for your own decisions and actions! Remember, that it is the humble who receive forgiveness. Remember this parable: Luke 18:9-14. Pride stinks!

For children who were innocent when wounded, they must still ask forgiveness for any sin they have committed against Yahuweh since then.

Once you are forgiven, YOU FORGIVE the victimizer--the perpetrator of the hurt! Make an out-loud verbal speech, releasing them to Yahuweh.

Mark 11:22-26: “And whenever you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive, so that your Father in heaven can also forgive you of your trespasses. But, if you do not forgive, neither shall your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

To “trespass” means: “to revolt, rebel, and apostatize” against Yahuweh.

“ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF ELOHIM.” (Romans 3:23 KJV)

No matter what horrible things have been done to you, REMEMBER, that your sin also sent Messiah Yahushua to the stake to die for you!

How can you continue to blame others for what happened to you, when you too have sinned against Yahuweh, against Yahushua, against yourself, and against others? Take personal responsibility for your own sin!

Stop blaming others, especially for doing things in the past. Be honest with yourself. Humility is simply being honest with oneself. Do not continue to allow demons to hold you in a prison house, while you drown in torment, and self-pity! Open the door to your own freedom by untying Yahuweh’s hands so that He can help you!

I understand shame as a child. I understand child abuse. Shame often drives one to take on more shame. A famous line from Shakespeare’s Lady Mac Beth: “(rubbing her hands) Come out, damned spot! Out, I command you! One, two. OK, it’s time to do it now.—Hell is murky!...” She could not free herself from guilt.

Little children, who have been sexually abused, often internalize shame, and many feel all their lives that they are guilty of the crime. So often, little children blame themselves for what happened to them. Later in life their pent-up self-their hatred, and anger at themselves, is often released towards others.

Even after being born again, it is hard for some to accept His forgiveness, for they think they are incapable of really forgiving others. Forgiving others is an act of our will!

But, as long as you have a will – you can use it to allow Him to work in you!

But, if you continue to use your will to reject Yahuweh’s work in you, then you cut off your life-line to eternal life! It is the “sin unto death.”

His mercy is great, but there is a line that you can crossed, and His mercy has to come to an end. “Blasphemy against the Spirit” is simply rejecting His intervention in your life. He is your only hope! If you “blaspheme” Him by rejecting Him, by choosing another “God” to rule you, there is no more hope. He has to turn you over to the tormenters. (Matthew 12:31-32) “The Spirit is Yahuweh!”

The god that is worshipped by mankind more than any other god is “self!”

I worked with a woman at an insurance firm in Long Beach who became a friend. As a Christian, she had committed fornication. Her guilt drove her insane. She ended up in a straight jacket in a mental hospital. She could not receive His forgiveness. I tried to help her, but finally all I could do was to visit her in the hospital. They brought her to me in a straight jacket.

Yahuweh is the only One with the power to set anyone free!

I am writing from personal experience. At one point in my life, I was so abused and tortured in every way imaginable, so dehumanized, that I justified my sins of adultery, rebellion, bitterness, and hate against “God.” Even a couple of years after He restored me to fellowship with Him, lovingly bringing me back to Himself, and even after honestly repenting of my sins (in general), I still could not bring myself to feel remorse for my sin of adultery, or my acts of bold promiscuity. One night, while in the Kenya/Uganda jungle border town of Lwakhakha, Kenya, in 1999, I was sleeping at Dr. Steven and Mary’s house. The next morning I was going to teach in Pastor Edward’s church. It was 3:00 AM. I woke up suddenly. All of a sudden, my adulterous sins came before me. I began sobbing, crying in repentance. I cried for a long time before peacefully going back to sleep. He had granted me “the gift of repentance.” This gift causes us to see ourselves as He sees us so that we can repent from the heart. Why He chose that particular timing, I have no idea! But, when I asked forgiveness, I was instantly set free.

In 2003, at the ruins of ancient Bethesda in Jerusalem, Yahuweh healed me of the horrible pain of 38 years of deep suffering from a wounded spirit. He does things oftentimes in stages so that we mature enough to be able to receive His deliverance. That Shabbat day in 2003, Messiah appeared to me physically, and I was healed of all the hurts of my past--in the very place where that man was healed “after 38 years” (John 5:1-19).

His joy that comes from His mighty power is like a whole army out to set us free from our captors. Once it enters us, it routs the enemy out, and sets up a guard so that our tormentors do not return. By faith in His love, we allow Him to work in us! But, you have to want, and will, to be free.

Everything I write comes from things that I have experienced. For so many years, my mind was constantly bombarded with tormenting thoughts from demonic spirits. Because of these deep scars, some from early childhood, I grew up with self-hatred, which continued almost all my life. Only by Abba’s graciousness was I totally delivered! I now live in peace.

After I was physically freed from what nearly destroyed me, my mind kept remembering what others had done to me. I’d wake up in the night vividly remembering how someone hurt me. The thoughts were so intense at times that I would envision ideas for revenge. But from His mercy, He taught me how to enter into the joy of His Presence and allow Him to remove those things from me. As I boldly proclaimed His victory out loud, day in and day out: He set me free!

The demonic world hates joy! I mean, they hate it with furious passion! They do everything they can to get rid of it, or they attempt to re-route it into giddy surface emotions of the flesh. But, when one is “channeling” His nature through their spirit, and He is in control, the enemy cannot take you down, or out!

My freedom began in 1995 when His joy began to take over. It flowed from my spirit unrestrained. The powers of darkness were tormented by it, because they finally couldn’t stop it. That year, someone tried to kill me, and also tried to get me to kill myself. It took at least two years to make the degrading words of dehumanizing to stop running through my head, but slowly He removed all obstacles preventing my total freedom.

Truly, the mind is the battlefield!

It has been pointed out by psychiatrists that if a person has been deeply hurt, human nature creates a mental cage for the one who hurt us. We keep the person locked in the cage in our mind. As our memory is provoked by tormenting spirits to remember what was done to us, we take out the cage and mentally beat the person up, or kill them with images in our mind. It is a form of witchcraft. It is a type of sending curses. But, only by opening the cage door and releasing them can we ever hope to be free. The mind sees the caging of the one who hurt us as a type of revenge. But, in caging others we tie the hands of Yahuweh to be able to help us.

Some do try to get revenge. But for most who are not violent people, negative emotions often serve as a form twisted justification/or gratification.

This can include living a sadomasochistic cycle: A demonized person spews out violent twisted words against someone, which can lead to physical abuse, or torture. To fight back, the victim reacts negatively. This gives the perpetrator needed justification to retaliate.

I am no psychologist. I’ve just experienced it all! This is a psychological and emotional cycle that only Yahuweh can break by His power, if He has cooperation from the suffering human.

Yes, it is “sick” stuff--but demons are sick. They cause mental distortion of truth, so that real Truth cannot penetrate their victims!

Please know: Negative emotions can never bring a solution to any problem! They are a dead-end street. Nothing positive can be accomplished through spewing self-centered emotions, or imploding in self-pity either. This is why the Word tells us that if we are going to follow Yahushua into eternal life, we must die to “self.” In trying to protect “self,” or advance “self,” nothing really positive can be accomplished, especially not for eternity.

***You can never go forward in your life--never have real peace--until you close the portal to the past--releasing all who have hurt you, and submitting to the working of Yahuweh’s Spirit to deliver you!

Yes, oftentimes submitting to “deliverance” by someone who moves in that gifting is required for a person to be totally free. Delivering someone from demons must never become a demonstrative show. That exalts the demons. Only a person who knows the power of Yahuweh can command demons to leave with a firm voice, and get results!

It takes wisdom and training to be able to set one free through the ministry of deliverance. True deliverance methodology has nothing to do with yelling at devils, puking in a bucket, or any other fleshly demonstration. We must do things the way Yahushua and His Apostles did things to get their results! The only problem is that in the Western world so few know how to do deliverance in a Scriptural way. But, Yahushua can lead His children to those He trusts to deliver them in like manner, as He did.

(Matthew 10:28) Because of His mercy and love, He brought me out of the horrible pit, set my feet on a rock, and established me. (Psalm 40:1-4)

By releasing His Spirit to close the portal to our hurtful past, we then are empowered to go forward with positive advancement in peace. Our health improves, mental and emotional health is secured, and our body is strengthened. And, we may also see His miraculous redeeming power to restore what we have lost.

Note: Holding onto the past eventually eats away the ability of our will to make wise choices in the present! People who hold wounds inside and refuse to release them, often have a twisted view of life. They stay tormented. In holding on to bitterness, we forsake Yahuweh, and abandon our only hope of freedom! Therefore, by living in the past, we abandon hope for a positive future!

Yahuweh’s predominant traits are those of a good Father. He blesses. But, He also disciplines and punishes rebellious disobedience. His love even overrides His justice at times, but, as with a naughty child, when a person presumes upon His mercy and kindness and continues to rebel and sin against Him, He has to punish. His nature is also that of justice. He balances love and justice like a good Father. But, as a good Father, there are times when mercy runs out, and punishment is righteousness.

Thus, His nature is full of loving kindness, purity, set-apartness, goodness, fairness, gentleness, long-suffering, and mercy. But, when He finally rises with justified anger--raging wrath--He will send Messiah to destroy the wicked. (Revelation 16, 19; Isaiah 63:1-6; etc.) Then His rule will be set up on earth!

His emotions are never “negative.” They are never self-centered like human negative emotions. His anger, jealousy, wrath, judgment, and even His roaring fury are rooted in His love, with the purpose of freeing His children from their enemies. In this is His “righteous indignation.”

He tells us: “`Vengeance is Mine – I will repay,’ says Yahuweh!” Let Him repay your enemies! Walk away free!

So, precious people of Elohim, I hope that you will use this wisdom and allow Him to change your life and set you free. Messiah said: “You will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” The demonic world of the dark kingdom does NOT want you to learn truth or act on it. They will do anything to stop you. My prayer is that you will be unstoppable in your pursuit of His Presence!

With love and shalom,

Yedidah,

Shabbat, February 8, 2014

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